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Wood has a 2.25 ERA and .188 opponents' batting average in five rehab outings (four innings). He has struck out three and walked five.

Perez pitched one inning and allowed three home runs en route to giving up five runs on five hits and a hit batter. He had two strikeouts in the wild performance. Perez threw a scoreless inning for Class A Lake County Sunday. He allowed two hits and struck out one.

Pestano recorded his second save though he gave up three hits and a walk in the ninth to protect a one-run lead. He got a strikeout and baserunning error by the Royals. Pestano needed 22 pitches and his ERA is at 4.05. 

With Chris Perez on the mend, Pestano's time as closer may be nearing an end. 

Brantley hasn't homered in 24 games and has managed just three RBI through 13 June games. He also has just one extra-base hit in his last 18 games.

Perhaps the Royals are the perfect remedy for Brantley. He's batting .389 (7 for 18) with one triple, two RBI and three doubles in four games against the Royals this season. In 44 career games against Kansas City, Brantley is batting .329 (57 for 173) with an .841 OPS and 22 RBI.

Kipnis heads into Monday's game against the Royals with a 10-game hitting streak. He's batting .432 (16 for 37) with one home run, three doubles and eight RBI in that span.

Chisenhall had a rough go of things earlier in the season, hitting .213 with three home runs in his first 94 at-bats with Cleveland. But the former top-25 prospect had shown plenty of promise in the minors before 2013, with a decent average, nice power potential and a handful of steals. 

Chisenhall will probably play every day (with Mark Reynolds moving back to first base/DH), and is rosterable in most formats, especially considering the disappointing crop of third basemen so far. He should be good for double-digit home runs and a .265-.280 average. 

Not only has Kluber been getting more outs on balls in play, compiling a .303 BABIP over his last seven starts, but overall this season, he has been stranding more of his baserunners. Kluber has a long history of subpar strand rates (established mostly in the minors), but this year his rate is a very normal-looking 73 percent.

Low strand rates are usually signs of better luck to come, but some pitchers, like Rick Porcello and Jeff Francis, have been mired in them for years. If Kluber can stay on his current course and keep a decent proportion of his runners from scoring, he is going to be able to help owners in standard mixed leagues over the rest of this season.

Aviles is batting .306 (15 for 49) with one home run, three doubles, five RBI and seven runs in 13 June games. He has two stolen bases in that span.

Carrasco took a no-decision as he allowed just one earned run on four hits and a walk over 7 1/3 solid innings. He threw just 90 pitches before being removed from the game after four strikeouts.

Unfortunately, James Shields was just as good and both pitchers left with the score tied at one run apiece. Carrasco lowered his ERA from 15.26 to 8.40 with the outing.

After having allowed 13 runs over his first two starts spanning 7 2/3 innings, Carrasco was much improved Monday. He'll look to keep improving in his next start scheduled for Sunday against Minnesota.

Across 117 at-bats as the team's third baseman, Reynolds has hit .171 with five home runs and a .553 OPS. But  in 71 at-bats as a first baseman, Reynolds has hit .310 with five home runs and a .948 OPS. And in 46 at-bats as DH, Reynolds has hit .261 with a .939 OPS and four home runs. 

With Lonnie Chisenhall being recalled Tuesday, Reynolds will move back to first base and DH duty. This could bring with it an uptick in his offensive output and give his 55 percent starting percentage a decent boost. 

"I played catch at 60 feet and the finger felt good," McAllister said. "I'll play catch against Tuesday. It was encouraging."

Cabrera also hit in the cage for the first time since suffering his injury.

"I feel good, really good," Cabrera said. "I could be a week, but no more than 10 days away. But we have to see how things go. I hope to be back soon."